Railway car sides



Dec. 27, 1966 c. E. JoHANssoN ETAI- Re- 26,131

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United States Patent O 26,131 RAILWAY CAR SIDES Carl E. Johansson, SouthEuclid, Cleveland, and Donald F. Leonhart, Youngstown, Ohio, assignorsto The Youngstown Steel Door Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation ofOhio Original No. 3,161,152, dated Dec. 15, 1964, Ser. No. 93,191, Mar.3, 1961. Application for reissue Nov. 22, 1965, Ser. No. 512,819

3 Claims. (Cl. 10S-409) Matter enclosed in heavy brackets [l appears inthe original patent but forms no part of this reissue snecitication;matter printed in italics indicates the additions made by reissue.

This invention relates to railway car sides.

It is an object of this invention to provide sides for railway cars soconstructed as to include metallic sheathing and to eliminate separateinside lining for the sides.

A further object is to provide sides for railway cars wherein the sidesshall include metallic sheathing which also becomes the lining for thesides.

A further object is to provide sides for railway cars having metallicsheathing and posts so related as to constitute girders, wherein themetallic sheathing forms the webs of tbe girdcrs and extends inmechanical continuity from end to end of the sides above the dooropenings provided in the sides.

A further object is to provide sides for railway cars so constructed asto eliminate separate inside lining and embody metallic sheathing formedto incorporate lading band anchors.

A further object is to provide sides for railway cars so constructed asto eliminate separate inside lining and embody metallic sheathing andposts and wherein the sheathing shall be so formed as to incorporatelading band anchors and the posts shall reinforce the lading bandanchors.

A further object is to provide railway cars having sides embodyingmetallic sheathing that serves as inside lining for the sides and inwhich door openings are formed and wherein threshold plates projectoutwardly beyond the sides in the door openings and are supported bybrackets so constructed as to function as track bracket supports.

A further object is to provide sides for railway cars which shall effectreductions in weight and cost of the cars.

Other objects of the invention will become clear as the descriptionthereof proceeds.

In the drawings forming part of this specification:

FIG. 1 is an elevation of a car side embodying the in` stant invention,a portion being broken away.

FIG. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of FIG. l.

FIG. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 3 3 of FIG. l.

FIG. 4 is a vertical section taken on line 4-4 of FIG. l.

FIG. 5 is a horizontal section taken on line 5-5 of FIG. l.

FIG. 6 is a vertical section taken on line 6-6 of FIG. l.

FIG. 7 is an inside elevation of upper part ot car side in the area ofthe door opening.

FIG. 8 is a vertical section similar to FIG. 3 showing anotherembodiment of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a vertical section similar to FIG. 4 of the car side shown inFIG. 8.

FIG. l0 is a horizontal section similar to FIG. 2 of the car side shownin FIG. 8.

Re. 26,131 Reissued Dec. 2'?, 19156 "ice Referring first to theembodiment of the invention illustrated n FIGURES 1-7 of the drawings,the numeral 10 designates a metallic side for railway cars embodying theinstant invention. The car side 10 includes a side plate 11 whichextends substantially from end to end of the car side along the topthereof. The side plate 11 is substan tially Z-shaped in section, havingan upstanding ange 12 carrying a roof-supporting inwardly extending ange13, an outwardly extending web 14 and a downwardly extending liange l5.

A side sill 16 extends substantially from end to end of the car sidealong the bottom thereof. The side sill 16 embodies an angle member 17having an upstanding flange 18 and an inwardly extending ange 19, and isreinforced by an angular member 20 welded to the underside of flange 19.

The side plate and side sill constitute the upper and lower chords ofthe car side girder in which front and rear door posts 21 and 22 ofsimilar construction and intermediate and corner posts 2.3 and 24 formthe vertical reinforcing members. The side plate, side sill and doorposts define a door opening 25 in the car side adapted to be closed by adoor (not shown) movable longitudinally on the outside of the car sideupon a supporting track 26. The web of the car side girder is formed bymetallic sheathing 27 in the form of sheets 28 which extend between thedoor posts and intermediate corner posts.

The door posts 21 and 22 are formed of two angular -preferably formedmembers 29 and 30. Flanges 31 and 32 of these members lie parallel tothe car side and in spaced relationship to each other. Flange 32 abutsand is welded to outwardly extending flange 33 of member 29 intermediateits length. Flange 31 of member 29 is abutted by inwardly extending ange34 of member 30 intermediate its length. There is thus provided a doorpost having a box section beyond which the flanges 31 and 33 extend. Oneof the sheets 23 of the car side girder is welded to the extension offlange 31 and extends and is welded to the adjacent intermediate post23. The remaining sheets of the web extend between and are welded to theintermediate and corner posts. The extension of flange 33 serves forattachment of a post strip (not shown) or a door stop (not shown).

The door posts 21 and 22 and intermediate and corner posts 23 and 24 lieon the outside of the side sill 16 to which they are welded. The doorposts extend downwardly below the side sill and are also welded to theside sill reinforcement 20 as shown in FIG. 4. All of the posts extendupwardly to the web 14 of the side plate and lie inwardly of the sideplate liange 15 and are welded to the web and flange 15. The inwardextent of all of the posts is limited to the plane of the side plateange 12.

The metallic sheets 28 of the car side sheathing are disposed inwardlyof the side plate and side sill and are welded to the upstanding tiange12 of the side plate and to the opstanding llange 1S of thi: side sill.

The metallic sheathing is exposed on the inside of the. car so as toserve as the car lining. By reason of this construction the metallicsheathing serves as a medium to which metallic bands can be fastened tosecurely retain lading in place. To this end `the ange 31 of each of thedoor posts and the sheathing adjacent to the intermediate posts arepressed outwardly at vertically spaced intervals as indicated at 35. Theoutwardly pressed portions 35 are also pressed outwardly as indicated at36. The portions 35 are pressed outwardly an amount equal to thethickness of a bar 37 which is welded to each of the portions 35 andwhich lies in spaced relationship to the portion 36. Anchors are thusprovided in the sheathing to which lading bands can be fastened.

As shown in FIGURES 2, 4 and 7 the metallic sheathing terminates in theusual manner at the door posts so that the full strength of thesheathing is not realized in the car construction. Where the sheathingstops at the door posts and is not secured tothe side plate in the dooropening it serves only as a web of the side wall girder from the doorposts to the ends of the car. Since it is not continuous across the dooropening it cannot have a column action which is set up along the sideplate when the car is :truck from either end. For this same reason itcannot `serve to reinforce the side plate against cross bending in thedoor opening where the weakest section of the car superstructure occurs.According to the instant invention the strength of the sheathing isutilized whereby it functions as a web in the car side girder and as astress carrying member which reinforces the column action of the sideplate and strengthens the latter in bending in the door opening.

To accomplish this a metallic member 38, preferably a plate, is weldedto the upstanding flange 12. Member 38 extends across the door openingand is welded to the door posts 21 and 22. Member 38 terminates at itsends adjacent to the sheathing on opposite sides of the door opening andis welded to the sheathing as shown in FIG. 7. The latter is therebymade mechanically continuous from end to end of the car and functions asa stress carrying member which reinforces the side plate.

In the door opening the upstanding leg 18 of the side sill is reduced inheight so that it terminates in the upper plane of the car oor 39. Athreshold plate 4t) overlaps and protects the floor. Threshold plate 40extends outwardly across ange 18 and terminates in line with the outeredge of the extending portion of flange 33 of each of the door posts. Aplurality of spaced Z-shaped brackets 4l support the threshold plateoutwardly of the side sill. These brackets are welded to the side sillllange 18 and to the side sill reinforcement 20. The threshold platerests upon the brackets 41 and extends outwardly thereof. The thresholdplate is folded back to provide a ange 42 which is welded to thebrackets.

According to the instant invention the brackets 41 are of such characterthat they can function additionally as supports for brackets 43 whichsupport tls` 'loor track 26.

These brackets are welded to the brackets 41 thereby avoiding the needfor securing the track brackets 43 directly to the side sillreinforcement and substantially reducing the size of the track brackets.Beyond the door opening larger track. brackets B secured directly to theside sill reinforcement must be used.

In the form of the invention illustrated in FIGURES 8-10 the side plate44 is the form of a plate which provides a vertical flange 45 and aninwardly extending roof supporting flange 46. The side sill is in theform of a channel 47 whose web 48 is vertical and alined with the flange45 of the side plate and whose flanges 49 and 50 extend inwardly.

In the considered embodiment of the invention the metallic sheets 5l,which form the sheathing 52 of the car side, and the intermediate posts53 are formed integrally. The metallic sheets are offset outwardlyadjacent to one vertical edge thereof as indicated at 54. From the olsetportion the sheets are bent outwardly, then rearwardly parallel to thesheets and then inwardly. The flanges 55, 56 and 57 thus formedconstitute channel-shaped intermediate posts whose ange 57 is narrowerthan the flange 55 for the reason which will hereinafter appear. Themargins of the sheets opposite the intermediate posts are disposed inand welded to the offset portions 54 so that the inside of the sheathinglies in the same plane through- Out.

The metallic sheets 51 adjacent to the door opening constitute a portionof the door posts 58 (not shown) and 59.

These sheets at the door opening are bent to provide an outwardlyextending ilange 60 similar to the llange 33 of the first described formof the invention. These sheets are combined with angular members 30 tocomplete the door posts which are similar to the door posts 21 and 22.

By reason of the construction just described the metallic sheets 51 andthe intermediate and door posts 53, 58 and 59 lie on the outside of theside plate 44 and side sill 47 and are welded to the vertical flange 45of the side plate and the web 48 of the side sill. Since the sheathingand posts can all be disposed on the outside of the side plate and sidesill the welding of these members can be accomplished in one position.

As in the first described embodiment of the invention, the metallicsheets 51 are pressed outwardly at vertically spaced intervals as shownat 61. The portions 6l are further pressed outwardly as shown at 62.Bars 63 are welded to the portions 61 in flush relationship with thesheets 51 and in spaced relationship to the portions 62. Anchors arethus provided to which bands can be fastened to secure lading inposition.

The llanges 57 of the intermediate posts 53 are disposed along thevertical center line of the portions 62 and are welded to thesepositions. The intermediate posts serve thereby to reinforce the anchorsso that the sheathing can better resist the stresses imposed upon it bythe lading bands. If desired, the flanges 57 can be made substantiallythe same width as the flanges 55. In this event the anges 57 will becoped to follow the contour of the outwardly pressed portions 61 and 62and will be welded to and reinforce the sheets and the outwardly pressedportions.

It will be apparent that numerous changes and modications in the detailsof the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art. It isintended, therefore, that all such modifications and changes becomprehended within this invention which is to be limited only by thescope of the claims appended hereto.

We claim:

1. In a railway car having a side plate extending substantially thelength of the car, a side sill extending substantially the length of thecar, metallic sheathing extending between and secured to said side plateand side sill, said sheathing being exposed to view on the outside andthe inside of the car, a door opening provided in said sheathing, thetop and bottom of said door opening being defined by said side plate andsill, respectively, spaced door posts and intermediate posts extendingbetween said side plate and side sill on the outside of said sheathing,said sheathing extending from said door posts to the ends of said car,means securing said door posts and intermediate posts to said sideplate, sill and sheathing, said door posts dellning the width of thedoor opening, a member secured to said side plate across the dooropening, said member being alined with said sheathing, and meansdirectly securing said member to said sheathing on opposite sides of thedoor opening and making said sheathing a mechanically continuousstress-carrying column member along said side plate.

2. In a railway car having a side plate extending substantially thelength of the car, a side sill extending substantially the length of thecar, single metallic sheathing comprising a plurality of metallic sheetssecured together and extending between and secured to the outside ofsaid side plate and side sill, said sheathing being exposed to view onthe outside and the inside of the car, a door opening provided in saidsheathing, the top and bottom of said door opening being defined by saidside plate and sill, respectively, spaced door posts secured to saidsheathing, certain of said metallic sheets being provided withvertically spaced, outwardly pressed portions adjacent to and spacedfrom one vertical edge thereof, said certain metallic sheets adjacent tothe other vertical edge thereof having a flange extending outwardly ofsaid outwardly pressed portions,

a ange extending atetally therefrom in spaced relation ship to saidoutwardly pressed portions and a flange extending inwardly from saidlatter flange to said outwardly pressed portions, said inwardlyextending flange being secured to said outwardly pressed portions, saidanges 5 constituting integral intermediate posts of said car, said doorposts and intermediate posts extending continuously between said sideplate and side sill on the outside of said sheathing, means securingsaid door posts to said side plate and side sill, said door postsdefining the width of the door opening, and bars secured to the insideof said sheathing, said bars extending across said outwardly pressedportions and constituting lading band anchors therewith accessible fromthe inside of the car.

3. In the railway car of claim 1, Said metallic sheathing includingsingle thickness sheets each of which are exposed on both the inside andoutside of said car, at least some of said sheets being provided withoutwardly pressed portions with lading band anchor bars securedthereacross and at least some of said intermediate posts having achannel-shaped cross section with its open side facing and its sidesections supporting said outwardly pressed portions.

References Cited by the Examiner The following references, cited by theExaminer, are of record in the patented file of this patent, or theoriginal patent.

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3,089,436 4/ 1963 Buckley 105--369 ARTHUR L. LA POINT, Primary Examiner.D. E. HOFFMAN, Assistant Examiner.

